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Ragtime
Entered Aug 3, 1975 · peaked at #1 on Aug 24, 1975 · 39 weeks on the list, last seen Apr 25, 1976
- Book Power
- 455.7
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 13
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 39
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 39
- August 1975 – April 1976
Ranked by Book Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a list published by anyone else. How it works →
The run
Position by week; a gap is a spell off the list.What it earned each author
Book Power is the book's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each author's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the author had other books charting is split between them.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| E. L. Doctorow | primary | 100% | 455.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 24, 1975 on the timeline →- #1RagtimeE. L. Doctorow
- #2Looking for Mr. GoodbarJudith Rossner
- #3ShogunJames Clavell
- #4The Great Train RobberyMichael Crichton
- #5CentennialJames Michener
- #6The MoneychangersArthur Hailey
- #7ShardikRichard Adams
- #8The Eagle Has LandedJack Higgins
- #9The BoatLothar-Guenther Buchheim
- #10The Dreadful Lemon SkyJohn D. MacDonald